Cigar-protector.



v. CHEREKHAN.

CIGAR PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30. I91].

1 ,Q66,553. Patented May 21,1918.

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CIGAR-PROTECTOR To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VAHAN CHEnEnJIAn, an Armenian subject of Turkey,res1d1ng 1n the town of West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented'new and useful Improvements inCigar-Protectors, .more fully set out in the specification hereinafter.

The novel feature of my invention relates 'articularly to caps for cigaror cigarette olders, both as a convenience and as a protection inhandling or carrying the lighted cigar or cigarette.

The ob'ects of my improvement are firstly to provi e means forpreventing the promiscuous scattering of ashes from the,

burned cigar; and secondly, to facilitate carrying or handlin in thatthe cap on the holder complete y incases the lighted cigar or cigarette,and whether carried in about, danger of fire nated at all times,nothwithstanding the fact that smoking may be interrupted or resumedintermittently without relighting.

The drawings illustrate the improvement, e. 9., Figure 'l is, a sideelevation of the holder and cap assembled, showing the all) radial airpassages 3;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-section of the holder and cap, showingthe cigarette in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the cap A one line 3-3, showing a planview of the holder B;

Fig. a is a modified form of the holder and cap with longitudinal .airpassages channeled in the holder;

Fig. 5 is a crom-section-of the cap and holderwith a threaded union,having onneled air passages as in Fig. 4:;

Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the cap A and a plan view of theholder B with peripheral air passages channeled therein. The cap A 18represented as a hollow,

tubular shell, so as to envelop the cigar or cigarette and to strip overthe holder B at the open end having the outer end closed.

B is of the usual type of construction in cigar holders. it is alsohollow with an opening 1 therethrough tapering from the outer enddesignated 2 in Figs. 3, d, and 6, which is adapted to receive the cigaror cigarette, to the tip or mouth-piece ii.

F Peripherally it is smooth and round be slightly beveled and. fitted tothe cap .combination or means of iln'itin Specification of LettersPatent. 7 Patentgd 21, 1918,, Application filed November 30, i917.Serial No. 204,793.

which it is entered except for the longitudinal grooves or channels,designated 4, Figs. 4 and '6, spaced apart in the circumference of theholder B, serve as air passages to the endthat the cap A may be in facta cap or cover completely inclosing the cigar or cigarette. Thusassembled the combinationprevents infiammability in carrying the cigarabout in the pocket enabhng the smoker so to manipulate his cigar orcigarette that smoking may be interrupted or resumed at leisure withoutsuch incidental danger or inconvenience.

My improvement is not'limited to the the cap A with the holder B, asshown in Figs. 1 and 4, but may be likewise attached by means ofthreads, (see Fig. 5), which rigidl secure the cap and holder together,the a vanta e of which is the more readilydemonstrate when carried inthe pocket.

Also the radial apertures 3 in thecap the cap, so that the currents ofair enter-' ing the cap by way of the perforations 3 and thelongitudinal grooves or channels d must circulate within the cap more orless promiscuously before being drawn through the cigar and holder, asstated, thus pro viding an indirect or so-called backdraft, which notonly retards combustion but in a lesser degree controls free currents ofair.

In manufacture my improved article may be made of any suitable materialsuch as is used in making pipes and the like.

Having thus described the operation and combination of my improvement, Iclaim:

1. The combination of a hollow tubular cap for enveloping a cigar, acigar holder adapted'to enter the cap and longitudinal grooves, spacedapart circumferentially in the body of the cigar holder, serving as aircap.

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2. A cigar holder with its outer end screw a hollow cap having radialperforations Signed at West Hoboken, New Jersey,

diagonally disposed through the body of the this 26th day of November,1917 i Gap said cap enve oping the-cigar and engaging the cigar holderand longitudinal 1 VAHAN CHEREKJIAN grooves in the cigar holder, spacedapart, I Witnesses:

serving-as air passages leading to the space DICRAN SIMSARIAN,

within the cap. v HAIG SI' SARIAN.

